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Week in Photos - December 2 to December 8, 2012

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Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br />
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A portion of a personal flag once carried by a Japanese solider with parting words written on it before entering into World War II is now possessed by Malta's Ivan Prall, 90, an Army photographer in the 1940's, who has held onto the flag since recovering it in the war. A relative of Prall's with some knowledge of Japanese was able to translate one of the parting wishes to roughly mean: I envy your opportunity to die for our country.<br />
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Photographed in Prall's Malta home on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012.
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Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com

A portion of a personal flag once carried by a Japanese solider with parting words written on it before entering into World War II is now possessed by Malta's Ivan Prall, 90, an Army photographer in the 1940's, who has held onto the flag since recovering it in the war. A relative of Prall's with some knowledge of Japanese was able to translate one of the parting wishes to roughly mean: I envy your opportunity to die for our country.

Photographed in Prall's Malta home on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br />
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Northern Illinois kicker Tyler Wedel (26) gives head coach Dave Doeren, defensive lineman Nabal Jefferson (99) and Demetrius Stone (19) a Gatorade shower after the Huskies 44-37 overtime victory over Kent State in the MAC conference championship game at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich. on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br />
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Hinckley-Big Rock's Bernie Conley embraces Moosheart's Mangisto Deng following Hinckley-Big Rock's 58-51 victory over Mooseheart at Hinckley-Big Rock High School on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br />
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Natalie Snyder, 8, of Sycamore, poses for a photograph with Santa Claus after his arrival outside the Midwest Musuem of Natural History in downtown Sycamore, Ill., Friday, Dec. 7, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br />
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A Marathon gas station on Lincoln Highway shows support for the Huskies on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br />
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Northern Illinois defensive tackle Zach Anderson (51) embraces an NIU stafff member in tunnel of Ford Field before the Huskies game against Kent State in Detroit, Mich. on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br />
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A portion of a personal flag once carried by a Japanese solider with parting words written on it before entering into World War II is now possessed by Malta's Ivan Prall, 90, an Army photographer in the 1940's, who has held onto the flag since recovering it in the war. A relative of Prall's with some knowledge of Japanese was able to translate one of the parting wishes to roughly mean: I envy your opportunity to die for our country.<br />
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Photographed in Prall's Malta home on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br />
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Sycamore's Jenee Carlson (center) steals the ball from Streator's Shawna Meiners (45) in the second quarter in Sycamore, Ill., Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br />
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Kaneland's Adam Mish (front) is pinned by DeKalb's Parker Stratton during their 106-pound match in DeKalb, Ill., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. DeKalb defeated Kaneland, 50-23.
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